diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/util/applet/AppletLoader.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/util/applet/AppletLoader.java
index 8515a5d7..3a0bbca6 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/util/applet/AppletLoader.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/util/applet/AppletLoader.java
@@ -1662,6 +1662,9 @@ public class AppletLoader extends Applet implements Runnable, AppletStub {
 				InputStream in = jarFile.getInputStream(jarFile.getEntry(entry.getName()));
 				OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(path + "natives" + File.separator + entry.getName());
 	
+				// validate if the certificate for native file is correct before extracting
+				validateCertificateChain(certificate, entry.getCertificates());
+				
 				int bufferSize;
 				byte buffer[] = new byte[65536];
 	
@@ -1675,9 +1678,6 @@ public class AppletLoader extends Applet implements Runnable, AppletStub {
 					subtaskMessage = "Extracting: " + entry.getName() + " " + ((currentSizeExtract * 100) / totalSizeExtract) + "%";
 				}
 	
-				// validate if the certificate for native file is correct
-				validateCertificateChain(certificate, entry.getCertificates());
-	
 				in.close();
 				out.close();
 			}